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Common terms and phrases
18 feet 9 inches ABCD absciss acre arch architraves avoirdupois base bottom breadth bushels canal cask centre chains circle circular circumference column cone conjugate contained content in imperial cornice cubic foot cubic inches cubic yards deducted depth diagonal diameter difference distance ditto divided door eaves ellipse equal EXAMPLES feet 6 inches feet 9 fences figure find the area find the solidity found by Problem frustum given ground half the arc half the sum hence hyperbola hypothenuse imperial bushels imperial gallons mean measure method miles Note offsets ordinate parallel perch perpendicular perpendicular height piece of timber polygon prism pyramid quotient radius rectangle regular polygon Required the solidity rhombus right angles roof segment side slant height Sliding Rule solidity required square foot square yard station stone subtract surface thickness transverse diameter trapezium tree versed sine vessel wall whole arc window
Popular passages
Page 5 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Page 272 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 116 - Persepolis, left standing upright ; one is 70 feet above the plane, and the other 50 ; in a straight line between these, stands an ancient...
Page 246 - An account of the mode of Draining Land, according to the System practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington.
Page 5 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E. 2.
Page 5 - Plane figures that have more than four sides are, in general, called Polygons ; and they receive other particular names, according to the number of their sides or angles.
Page 185 - WORK. Plasterers' work is principally of two kinds; namely, plastering upon laths, called ceiling, and plastering upon walls or partitions made of framed timber, called rendering. In plastering upon walls, no deductions are made except for doors and windows, because cornice, festoons, enriched moldings, etc., are put on after the room is plastered.
Page 143 - RULE. As the tabular specific gravity of the body, is to its weight in Avoirdupois ounces, So is one cubic foot, or 1728 cubic inches, to its content in feet, or inches, respectively.
Page 18 - Divide the square of half the chord by the versed sine ; to the quotient add the versed sine, and the sum will be the diameter, &c.
Page 171 - TABLE. 12"" fourths make 1'" third, 12'" thirds - - - 1" second, 12" seconds - - 1' inch or prime, 12
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Treatise on Practical Mensuration |
| Author | Anthony Nesbit |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 450 pages |
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